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Frequency
Whats going wrong, turn the radio on 
and song after song is sounding like the same ol’ song
blah blah blah blah blah, la la la la la
Gone are the days when someone had something to say
well the radio played it but I guess thats not what paid

The frequency that use to free my mind
is getting so hard to find
The frequency that use to free my mind
well it’s soul has been left behind

The songs you sing are not the thoughts you bring
and it bites n’ it stings but you can’t do a God damn thing
Day after day they right the plots and plays
so watch what you say or suits will send you on your way
okay? 


Til the Sun Burns Out 
(Dance of the Sugar Pistols)
blood burns
eyes hot
veins ragin'
vodka shots.
a night time 
time line
of quinine
n white lines
shots up, 
shots round
breakin' out
n' breakin ground
whats found is lost
n lost is found
massive amps
n' ample sounds


we don't really know if this what lifes about. 
but we'll keep burning down until the sun burns out.


are you gonna make it? 
are you gonna make-a-me see?
do you gonna take it?
do you gonna make it with me?


Tonight
late nights, moon light
everything is alright
singin' to the ringin' that's pulsin' inside yer head
find the silver lining
even though their beams may blind ya
rolling over the words that you might have said

shake the world for what you're lookin' for
listen to the rhythm n' maybe you can give 'em
just a little bit more
tonight

late nights, moon light
everything is alright
dancin' to the ringin' that's pulsin' inside yer head
find the silver lining
even though their beams may blind ya
rolling over the words that you might have said

shake the world for what you're lookin' for
listen to the rhythm n' maybe you can give 'em
just a little bit more
tonight

cause this damn city
doesn't shine like it use to do
cause this damn city
oh man, what it's put me through
n' this damn city
god damn what am i gonna do?
tonight
you don't wanna be the lonely one
and you don't wanna be the only one
you won't be the lonely one
you won't be the only one
tonight

shook  the world for what you're lookin' for
listened to the rhythm n' now you're gonna give 'em
just a little bit more
tonight
you won't be the lonely one
you won't  the only one
you won't be the lonely one
cos' you're gonna burn on like the sun
tonight



Whiskey Threw
she said it's good to be back
in the mix  of the big city
where the days roll on by in a blur
but it's so good to be free
let's drink n' not think
that's the way we tend to approach this
n' we'll awake in the morning hurtin' n' cursin' our brains.

as soon as this bottle of whiskeys through
i promise you i'm over it this time
i swear as the sun does shine
i'm gonna make you mine
so take my hand n' take a stand
we're gonna rock the world 
n' blow their little precious minds

she's just like a dream
so it seems just to me
with her shy smile
the years went by in a blur
did she remember me?
we'll drink n' not think
that's the way we tend to approach this
we'll act upon impulse and in the morning be cursin' again

as soon as this bottle of whiskeys through
i promise you we're over her this time
i swear as the sun does shine
i'm gonna make you mine
so take my hand n' take a stand
we're gonna rock the world 
n' blow their little precious minds


Slippin’ on the Moss
i feel my words are drifing while they’re sinkin' like a rock
climbing up a landslide while you're slipping on the moss
listenin' to the hissin' of the stars as they slide by
starin' into the burnin' sun without ever knowing why 
(you don't know why now)

i wonder where your wander with your eyes all a glaze
floating through the furnace n' you do not feel the blaze
feel my words are drifing while they’re sinkin' like a rock
climbing up a landslide while you're slipping on the moss

sliding up and slipping down
your head is spinning round n' round
it's always the same old thing
sliding up n' you're slipping down
your heads been spinning round n' round
it's always the same old thang 
some shit will never change



Slide Right Back
open your eyes and you might see
did you blur the find lines between reality
and the fiction and the things you might have seen
maybe not, maybe this was all just a dream
slide right back

slide right back with me this time
you’re livin’ in the past, leave it all behind
just slide right back with me she said
i’ll spin ya on your head, spin ya on your head

listen up and you might hear
that the words that you heard sounded crystal clear
were just a pop in the front or a hiss from the rear
just don’t know, goes to show, you don’t know
slide right back

take a shot so the world can see
what it’s like to be you and for you to be me
we’re just livin’ this life like its meant to be
take it in, breath it out, jump in baby
slide right back


Broken Oars 
hung my passion on the door
said it’s not needed anymore
hung my life out on the line
your love changes with the tides
and now i’m floating far from shore
on a love with broken oars

saw a photo of your face
another time another place
hung my life out  on the line
your love changes with the tides
now i’m floating far from shore
on a love with broken oars


Looking Forward to Dying
Well it’s a perfect situation in a tiny little place
I only wanna put a smile on your pretty little face
and try to hold it all together while I’m fallin’ from grace
but these emotions are burning right through.

Another situation in another little time
all your friends have up and left you strugglin’ behind
but instead of losing you I’d rather just lose my mind
the black is fading into the blue

And baby if theres a chance then I look forward to dying.
And maybe if theres a chance then I look forward to dying.

Soul sinks black as midnight 
though the suns burning bright
and you’re standing there before them shining in white
as I scream out from the ocean “God this just isn’t right”
then drown deeper down and into the blue.

Well it’s a perfect situation in a tiny little place
I only wanna put a smile on your pretty little face
and try to hold it all together while I’m fallin’ from grace
but these emotions are burning right through.

And baby if theres a chance then I look forward to dying.
And maybe if theres a chance then I look forward to dying.
 
JOHN MARSHALL
Demo Music (no lyrics)
  1. 1.Flunk
  2. 2.Eerieintro
  3. 3.Tom Selleck
  4. 4.Sex_and_Acid
  5. 5.Instr
  6. 6.Frequency
  7. 7.Bass Funk 1
  8. 8.Bass Jam
  9. 9.Shookdown
  10. 10. Feel So Young
  11. 11. Tonight
  12. 12. Slipping on the Moss
  13. 13. Get What You Deserve
  14. 14. Broken Oars
  15. 15. Stole My Soul
  16. 16. Whiskey Threw
 
Rock Gear Links
  1. •John plays Washburn guitars
  2. •and uses Vox amps
  3. •digs Danelectro effects
  4. •loves Snarling Dogs pedals
  5. •uses Everly Star picks
  6. •Dean Markley Blue Steel strings
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  1. •Ashtray
  2. •Robb Kottmyer
  3. •3 Degrees
  4. •Al Hidalgo
  5. •The Shame
  6. •Greg Mahan
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